MORE EVIDENCE OF HAYNESWORTH TAMPERING

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the only thing preventing the Tennessee Titans from making a claim of tampering against the Redskins is whether the Titans have the stomach to wag a metronome finger at the franchise and claim, “They’re very, very, very bad.” There’s more than enough evidence, in our view, to permit the Titans to make the allegation. It then would fall to the league office to conduct an investigation. The latest piece of evidence is the closest thing yet to a smoking gun. From Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean comes a link to an archived interview with Redskins running back Rock Cartwright (Cartwright!) from the first morning of free agency. Ironically, the interview was conducted by ESPN 980 in D.C., a separate property of Redskins owners Dan Snyder. “I kind of had an idea they were going to sign [Haynesworth] anyways,” Cartwright said. “One of my teammates said they had the same agent and . . . he said they had been talking.” The teammate in questions is receiver Malcolm Kelly. Haynesworth recently claimed that the meeting between agent Chad Speck and Snyder at the Scouting Combine focused exclusively on Kelly. Apparently, the agent and the team think that Kelly can be the next Andre Johnson. (It’s unknown whether they mean the Andre Johnson who plays football for the Houston Texans, or the one who pumps gas in South Carolina.) Again, the real question is whether the Titans are willing to accuse a partner of cheating at a time when the 32 owners have been operating in unison and harmony, given the coming labor turmoil with the union. Our guess is that the team prefers to huff and puff, but if/when push comes to shove the Titans won’t be blowing anyone’s house in.